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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
8
Mrs H R Lund and her children Barbara and Albert plan an afternoon return from Pittsburgh to visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Hasley with sister Mrs John Bowes. George Benson and Marion Caldwell travel from Des Moines to Davenport to see relatives. A new front is being built at the North Side Cafe as locals go about daily business.
A concise aphorism attributed to Appius Claudius declaring that every man shapes his own fortune through actions and choices.
Word has it that Prof. Louis Masson has arrived in London to study this summer. The notice invites readers to visit the fountain for ice cream sodas, notes repeat use of Dr Hess Fly Spray for cows, and reports hog prices at 4.15 with a brief weather forecast of fair weather tonight and cooler Friday.
The American Pearls kittenball team will host Troop F tonight at 6 15 at the cavalry field in a non league practice game. The Pearls previously won an earlier practice match.
Gardner Cowles Sr publisher of the Des Moines Register and Tribune was nominated by President Hoover to join the board of directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation He will fill the Dawes vacancy but not serve as president. Hoover will appoint a president later.
Three drownings in Iowa today raise the year’s death toll to 36. L. F. Kennedy, 44, and Mrs. Fred Thacker, 23, of Bancroft drowned in Union Slough sandpit east of Bancroft. A third victim, 14 year old Lowel Scurlock, drowned in Guard Lake near Onawa. his body was recovered hours later.
FOR SALE 1930 GRAHAM coupe 1923?0 Marquette sedan 1928 Chevrolet coupes. All four cars in first class condition. Terms trades considered Sweet Motor Co. 11213 FOR RENT APARTMENT IN New England Apartment house Inquire Journal 11213
Chicago dispatch reports deep divisions inside the Democratic ranks over prohibition and war debts. Wet leaders push for repeal pledges while drys push back, with disputes also erupting over unemployment relief and economic planks as the unofficial platform committee drafts the 1932 program.
Prairie Flower church to host a play on June 24 at 8 PM. Ralph Borman of Crawfordsville visited earlier in the week. he was en route via Oskaloosa and Crawfordsville. Welch Moore's advertises sandals $1.98 for Friday and Saturday. Local residents Welch Moore's, H R Neff of Wayland shopped here yesterday. Bobby Pease and Junior Wells completed a bicycle trip to Davenport and will visit Bobby’s aunt Mrs Roberts this week. They departed at 4 20 AM Monday and arrived around 11 AM. Dave Elder and Malcolm Ruddock plan a western tour in a dark blue car labeled The Jolly Pilgrim Washington Evening Journal, visiting multiple western cities and promising travel notes. Dave and Mal have been visiting from Cambridge. Enna retticks $6. $5 Friday and Saturday at Welch Moore's. Miss Ethel Grecian, Miss Alta Wyse, R E Brown, and B N Jessen returned from Des Moines after attending the county officers convention yesterday. Miss Helen Hamilton, Mrs Esther Sears, and Miss Ruth Ringheim visited Keota to see Mrs M D work who is ill at Mrs Hinsdale’s sister’s home.
Mrs. J. Hinshaw hosted the Four-O club on Wednesday at two tables of bridge with a one course luncheon. Miss Vivian Caldwell won high, traveling prize to Mrs. J. L. Pease. guest H. A. Schenck.
Max Schmeling said he had no complaint about the officials who judged the heavyweight title bout with Jack Sharkey, though he believed he won. He stated he never protested the verdict and told Joe Jacobs to stop complaining, calling the matter history and unchangeable.
Geneva June 23 The American delegation to the disarmament conference will demand an open vote on President Hoover’s plan for a one third cut in all arms classes Senator Claude Swanson of Virginia told IN S this afternoon He called the proposal a bugle blast on the battlefield of disarmament and said the delegation would not let it die in committee They are on the front line and will battle for the plan to the last ditch.
Des Moines Iowa June 23 Farmers face a Saturday decision by the Farm Holiday Association executive committee and 80 county chairmen on whether to call a July 4th strike. If approved farmers would refuse to sell produce or buy goods to raise prices.
Mrs. Malcolm Dowell and children visited George Dowell yesterday while shopping in town. Ed Eicher traveled to Des Moines for business at the supreme court Rug Cleaning. Mr and Mrs John P Jones visited on business from Columbus Junction. A Davenport couple welcomed a son weighing six pounds six and a half ounces at a Davenport hospital, a grandson to R A Dawson Washington.
R F Davis Glenn Barclay George McDaniel and Ernest Knotek attended the Iowa Bankers association convention in Des Moines and returned to Macon Washington Iowa. The listing includes a phone contact 5621.
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